Spectrum retail POS billing system - Features and overview

The Retail market of today has never been more challenging due to global competition. Today's shoppers are more powerful than ever, given the abundance of information available at their fingertips. Additionally, retailers need to operate across channels as efficiently as possible, which means breaking down organizational silos that prevent profitable multi-channel retailing. To meet these challenges head on, we present to you:

Spectrum, a comprehensive Retail Business Management Suite solely built for Retail.

From simplicity at the Point of Sale (POS) to the complexity of a complete company overview with the mere click of a mouse - Spectrum is the future of retail, delivering the retail experience of tomorrow, without the wait.

VISION

'Retail Experience of Tomorrow, Delivered Today….!'

Spectrum Retail Business Management Suite empowers retailers in their business transformation by offering:

EDITIONS

A Unified, Multi-Channel, Multi-Modal, Agile and Comprehensive Next-Generation Retail Business Management suite. Spectrum is an innovative, leading edge solution that addresses the typical challenges faced by Retailers through a feature-rich, scalable, robust and reliable solution.

With traditional systems having come of age, Spectrum provides Retailers with an agile alternative without the pains of high maintainability, process gaps and software rigidity. Spectrum, is best suited for Brand Creators and Specialized Retailers across:

Fashion / Apparel / Footwear / Accessories

Electronics and Appliances

Furniture and Home Furnishings

General Merchandise

Motor Vehicle and Parts

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Books, and Music

Health and Personal Care

Building Material and Supplies

Misc. Retailers

Spectrum's capabilities include Point of Sale (POS), Merchandising, In-store Management, Logistics, Inventory, Customer Loyalty, and Business Intelligence, built around the following principles:

Adopting Consumer Centric Retail Strategies

Full Supply Chain Tracking and Visibility, A multichannel outlook helping Retailers in their readiness for e-commerce and mobility initiatives

Spectrum Enterprise - Blue Edition resides on top of the IBM Websphere® Remote Server (WRS) to make this solution available to retailers at an acceptable price-point.

The underlying DB2 database makes it capable of handling large volumes of data while Websphere® MQ is leveraged for that much needed reliable data synchronization across the enterprise. The Websphere® Application Server within WRS provides the base platform for all the server-side architectural artefacts to operate in an orchestrated fashion.

The Spectrum Enterprise – Blue POS system has been tried and tested on IBM SurePos 700 Series systems with a local DB2 Express database which has a low memory footprint thus keeping the POS till highly performant at all times.

Spectrum helps retailers “go green” by using IBM technologies to control energy usage, increasing efficiency and extending the life of their assets, thus reducing costs and fuelling growth. Capable of handling large volumes of data, Spectrum is certified as “Ready for IBM DB2 Data Server Software” and “Ready for IBM Retail Industry Framework.”

CITI (IND) and IBM combine extensive retail experience with expertise in business management, hardware, software and services. Together, the partnership delivers capability that enable retailers to address their challenges and achieve profitable growth.

System enables retailers to grow internationally, addressing the challenges of multiple languages and currencies

Solution optimizes the balance between management control and local store autonomy

One version of the truth: Providing retailers and customers Real-time information whether in-store, online or mobile

Speed matters: Launching a new promotion? What once took months may now take only minutes

Spectrum resides on top of the IBM WebSphere® Remote Server (WRS), a leading Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that delivers a fully integrated platform to manage remote environments. This helps make Spectrum available to retailers at an attractive price having integration capabilities with existing systems.

Due to the process-oriented nature of the business, the solution incorporates a Business Process Management Engine providing ease of configuration. Additionally, the n-tier, replicated layer and reliable synchronization engine not only allows for multi-level data consolidation, but also provides disaster recovery features at an application as well as data level.

The Business Analytics layer comes preconfigured with standard retail analytics and has the possibility to integrate with any enterprise data warehouse. Device independence is brought in via implementation of the UPOS interface standard, which makes the POS interoperable with a wide variety of peripherals.

The creators of Spectrum, CITI (IND), and IBM, combine extensive retail experience with expertise in business management, hardware, software and services. Together, the partnership delivers capability that enable retailers to address their challenges and achieve profitable growth.

Retail empathy – Spectrum developers have retail experience. They understand the pain points and ambitions of retailers across formats and merchandise categories.

FEATURES

Spectrum is designed to handle multi-layered business hierarchy, variety of business models and several retail formats. It supports franchisee models spread across multiple geographies through its robust technology architecture and a variety of features and functionalities which are available out of the box.

Point of Sale

Customizable Menu Screen

Cash memo: Scan and Sell

Product Returns and Exchanges

Sales / Customer Orders

Gift Registry For Events

Discounts and Promotions

Gift Vouchers and Credit notes

Multi-Tender and Multi-Currency

SMS and Email Ready

Customer Management

Till Open and Close

Petty Cash Management

Credit Card Processing

Touch Screen Enabled

Shift Management

Void Control

Variance Control

Food Costing

Detailed POS Reporting

Distribution & Franchise Management

Multi-Level Business Workflows and Approvals

Business Location and Hierarchy Management

Budgeting

End Of Day Operations

Franchisee Fee Management

Procurement & Planning

Purchase Order Management

Inter Store Transfers

Credit Card Processing

Auto Replenishment

Goods Receipt

Return Orders

Budget Management

Inventory Solution/Management

Physical Stock Take

Stock Adjustment

Stock Valuation

Materials Management

Pricing (Standard and Moving Average)

Recipe Management

Production and Wastage Management

Master and Raw Materials

Multiple Unit of Measures

Warehouse Management

Bin Management

Batch Management

Expiry Tracking

Pick, Pack and Dispatch

Barcode and Label Printing

Supplier Collaboration

Master Data Management

Merchandise Management

Promotion Management

Tender and Currency Management

Tax Management

Vendor Management

eCommerce

Shopping Cart

Catalogue Browsing and Promotions

Social Media Integrations

Multiple Payment Modes

Search Engine Optimization

Content Management

Customer Loyalty Program

Multi-Tier Loyalty Programs

Customer and Card Management

Multiple Point-Earning and Redemption Ratios

Inter Store Invoicing

Cross Channel Extensibility

SMS and Email Marketing/Alerts

Trend and Behavioral Analysis

Experiential Mobility

Mobile Commerce

Sales Force Automation

Shop In Shop Billing

Products Catalogue

Augmented Reality

Twitter and Facebook Posts

Customer Loyalty

Reporting & Analytics

Dashboard Display

More Than 200 Reports On Sales, Stock, Purchase etc

EASY TO USE

Get started quickly, Easy to setup and simple to use Pictorial user interface.

SUPPORT

Our focus is on customer support.Many ways to reach us with no additional charges.

LOW PRICE

Simple, one time affordable pricing for small and large businesses. No hidden costs.

FUTURE PROOF

Frequent software updates with latest features. Free of cost. Remain up to date.